好下晡

Chinese

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		good	afternoon
trad. (好下晡)		好	下晡
simp. #(好下晡)		好	下晡

Etymology

Calque of English good afternoon or calque of Spanish buenas tardes.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘ ě-po͘ / hó ě-po͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘ ě-po͘
    • Tâi-lô: hóo ě-poo
    • IPA (Philippines): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ e³³⁻²² pɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó ě-po͘
    • Tâi-lô: hó ě-poo
    • IPA (Philippines): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ e³³⁻²² pɔ³³/

Phrase

好下晡

1. (Philippine Hokkien) good afternoon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 午安 (“good afternoon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		午安
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	午安, 下午好
	Taiwan	午安
	Malaysia	午安
	Singapore	午安
Cantonese	Guangzhou	午安
	Hong Kong	午安
Hakka	Meixian	食晝無
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	午安
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	午安
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	好暗晡, 好下晡